Belfast International
Airport, is a busy commercial hub which handles most of Northern
Irelands passenger and air freight traffic, 11.5nm NW of
Belfast city and near the village of Aldergrove from which
it gets it's former name. It is the second busiest airport
on the Island of Ireland after Dublin. Over 5.8 milion
passengers passed through its terminals in 2017.
The airfield was previously shared with the Royal Air Force
base RAF Aldergrove which closed in 2008. There is a thriving
Flying
Club at Aldergrove (which has probably the most minimalist
website you have ever seen!) which offers PPL training and pleasure
flights.

This chart show the Club's flying activity at Aldergrove over
the last two years, as reported by our members using our PIREP
facility.